Originally posted on May 5, 2006 @ 1:29 pm
Microsoft says on their Security Bulletin Advance Notification site Windows users should expect to see three security bulletins on Tuesday May 9. At least two of the three patches will include fixes for flaws Microsoft dubs “critical.”
Microsoft is planning to release the following updates:
- One Microsoft Security Bulletin affecting Microsoft Exchange. The highest Maximum Severity rating for this is Critical. These updates may require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer.
- Note that this update will include the functionality change discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 912918. Administrators are urged to review this Knowledge Base article prior to release and take steps appropriate for their environment.
- Two Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows. The highest Maximum Severity rating for these is Critical. These updates may require a restart. These updates will be detectable using the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and the Enterprise Scanning Tool.
As always, Microsoft will shoot for a 10 am PDT roll-out of the fixes. Your mileage may very.
Last month, Microsoft released 5 patches that fixed 14 flaws and later in April, Microsoft was forced to re-release one of the updates because of conflicts with various Hewlett-Packard programs and older NVIDIA graphics card drivers.